LONDON: Manchester United and Manchester City will have to contend with snow and sub-zero temperatures – as well as each other – in Sunday’s Premier League title showdown at Old Trafford. While the Old Trafford pitch benefits from under-soil heating, there are concerns about icy conditions outside the ground and the 76,000 fans due to attend have been encouraged to arrive early. League leaders City are gunning for a record-equalling 14th successive top-flight win and can put a huge 11 points between themselves and second-place United if they prevail. Yet recent history favours City, who have won on four of their last six visits to Old Trafford in the league, including an earth-shattering 6-1 victory in October 2011. “If you ask me one thing that I don’t like a lot it’s that they lose their balance very easily.

Source: New Strait Times December 10, 2017 08:48 UTC